The Clackamas River Project is located within the Clackamas River Basin which drains more than 940 square miles. It flows west from the Cascade Mountain Range for 83 miles to its confluence with the Willamette River at Oregon City, Oregon. Most of the headwaters are located within the Mt. Hood National Forest, and approximately 47 miles of the Clackamas River are designated as a federal Wild and Scenic River.
License summary for P-2523. FERC granted license to N.E.W. Hydro, Inc. against the competing application from the City of Oconto Falls for this project previously owned by Wisconsin Electric. There is another Oconto Falls project (P-2689) owned by Scott Paper Company to run its paper factory.
Lisense summary for P-1981.
License summary for P-2689. Power generated from this project is used to produce pulp and paper products by the Scott Paper Company. However, a small amount is sold back to the local electric utility when paper production is shut down for five major holidays in a year.
The licensee of the project decided that the project is not economically feasible for relicensing. Through a settlement of which HRC/MHRC was a part, the licensee decided to decommission the project, potentially opening the door for dam removal. For relicensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) wanted licensee to install emergency spillways at Brown Bridge dam.